by Brian Kennedy | Feb 23, 2020 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Continuing to play “who’s here and who’s gone” with the Kings, let’s take a moment to mourn the departure of Alec Martinez. Why? Fans loved him, if not quite as much as they adore Kopitar, Doughty, Brown, and Quick. But “Marty” was right up there, and the memories...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 22, 2020 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
So let’s play the same game with the Anaheim Ducks as we did with the LA Kings last night. It’s called “who is missing?” And the answers start with Ondrej Kase. And end with Ondrej Kase. He’s a Bruin. Only there are some oddities about it. He was injured and didn’t...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 3, 2018 | Archived Features, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Los Angeles Kings
In the ongoing saga of who wants and who does not want to get into the NHL playoffs from the Western Conference, the Avs blew a point and squeaked a point on Sunday (Anaheim beat them in OT), then headed up the freeway to faceoff with the Kings. Freeway. Faceoff....
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 2, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, NHL
Neither team could afford to give up two points. Other teams fighting for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference didn’t want the game to be a three-point affair. That was the story at Honda Center on Sunday night as the Avalanche visited the Ducks at an...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 1, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage
What are the Anaheim Ducks looking for? Consistency. They’ve obviously been drilled to think that over the past few days, because it’s the message that many of them were reciting in their press interviews early in the week. Did they learn anything about that versus...